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Article: Lincoln Highway 90th anniversary celebrated today
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2003
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Schererville town historian Art Schweitzer stands by a replica of a 1928 Lincoln Highway marker on Thursday in front of the Schererville Town Hall. The marker will be unveiled during a ceremony celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Lincoln Highway today.(PHOTO) (CHRISTOPHER SMITH/POST-TRIBUNE)
In 1913, when hard road was laid for Lincoln Highway to become the first transcontinental highway, it changed American life.
Area families that previously planned only next-town vacations could take the highway from Schererville to New York City -- or if they preferred the other coast, could motor to San Francisco in one straight line.
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